IT was not the championship bout but the thrilling encounter meant a lot to Selangor’s Chong Yew Xuen and Matthew Bata from Singapore’s Jagsport in their tussle for a better position in the boys’ Under-10 below 30kg category at the Selangor Judo Association (SJA) Diamond Grand Slam meet at the Methodist Boys’ School in Kuala Lumpur recently.
In the evenly contested match-up, the duo fought wholeheartedly and won the crowds’ approval with their gritty performances when both endured the full distance of four-minute duration.
They ended their campaign in style with a praiseworthy show of sportsmanship acknowledging each other with a steady grip handshake after their battle on the mat.
Joining the occasion: Jagsport’s Teo Karshing (left) and Shermin Sing from Federal Territories in action in the girls’ Under-16 below 57kg contest. SJA secretary Susan Cheah said they allowed the eight-year-old Yew Xuen to take part because the SJKC Kampung Baru, Semenyih Year Two pupil indicated his eagerness to join his 11-year-old brother Yew Yong as a competitor at the tournament.
“Initially, we felt he (Yew Xuen) was too young to be part of the competition. He was very determined to be in action. We included him because he weighs close to 30kg and is no pushover against five other competitors in the category,” she added.
Although Yew Xuen showed glimpses of brilliance overpowering Matthew on several occasions, he only edged Matthew by one yuko (lower grade score used in a tie-breaker) for a narrow 5-0 victory to finish in joint third position along with teammate Garret Yong Shern Min.
Both Yew Xuen and Matthew chalked up a waza-ari each and Yew Xuen finish ahead of Matthew with two yukos.
“It was a tight bout but I was confident of winning the match,” said Yew Xuen.
Head-to-head: The determined Yew Xuen (left) attempting to pin his opponent Matthew on the ground in the boys’ Under-10 below 30kg bout. In the main draw, Yew Xuen overcame teammate Garret 5-0 for a place in the semi-final before going down 0-5 to the eventual champion Chong Ee Jack of Selangor.
The recent one-day meet drew 100 competitors including five entries representing Federal Territories and 18 visitors from Singapore’s Jagsport featuring in 110 bouts of 22 separate categories.
Hosts Selangor captured 10 of the 15 titles at stake in the boys’ sections while Federal Territories and Jagsport took home two and three titles respectively.
Meanwhile, the Selangor girls flexed their domination making a clean sweep of all six categories.
In addition, Choi E-Faye was also in her elements with her decisive move pulling off the twister kesa-gatame (side control) in both of her triumphs over Lang Jia Xian and Lang Jia Le to secure the top spot in the triangular contest of the combined Under-10 below 34kg category.
SJA president R. Mohan said they were delighted two other teams — Federal Territories and Jagsport — adding excitement and offering stiffer competitions to their young charges in the tournament hosted in conjunction with their association’s 60th anniversary celebration.
RESULTS
COMBINED
- Under-10 below 34kg: 1. Choi E-Faye (Sel); 2. Lang Jia Xian (Sel); 3. Lang Jia Le (Sel)
BOYS’
- Under-10 below 30kg: Chong Ee Jack (Sel) bt Alvin O’Brian Singh (Sel) 10-0
- Under-10 below 38kg: Tan Jason (Sel) bt Md Izren Zuhairee Mohamed Rozaisee (Jag) 10-0
- Under-10 above 42kg: Kwa Kuan Eng (Sel) bt Liew Jia Yie (Sel) 10-0
- Under-12 below 38kg: 1. Gavin Oberroy Singh (Sel); 2. Chong Yew Yong (Sel); 3. Lam Johnson (Sel)
- Under-12 below 42kg: Lee Chee Wah (Sel) bt Loh Kwok Onn (Sel) 10-0
- Under-12 above 50kg: Kwa Kuan Xiang (Sel) bt Choy Juen Jet (FT) 10-0
- Under-14 below 50kg: Cheong Wai Yi (Jag) bt Muhd Irfan Zuhainee (Jag) 10- 0
- Under-14 below 55kg: 1. Jerome Ng Zhi Rong (Jag); 2. Kong Kwai Meng (Sel); 3. Lim Chin An (Sel)
- Under-14 below 60kg: 1. Chew Boon Hou (Sel); 2. Muhd Danish Shamsuddin (Sel); 3. Antonio Pinto (Jag)
- Under-14 below 66kg: Pushan Qin Nathan Visvanathan (Sel) bt Ding Lit Zhien (Sel) 10-0
- Under-14 above 66kg: 1. G. Madhu Reuben (Sel); 2. Ali Jahangeer Manj (Sel); 3. Kenji Choi Ken Jeh (Sel)
- Under-16 below 50kg: Lee Yung Chin (FT) bt Steven Lam (Sel) 10-0
- Under-16 below 55kg: 1. Poon Chuan Kent (Sel); 2. Kenneth Kwek (Jag); 3. Lee Kai Tsern (Sel)
- Under-16 below 60kg: Lim Wai Kit (FT) bt Ong Cheng Yang (Sel) 5-0
- Under-16 above 66kg: 1. Muhd Rifqi Al- Qayyum (Jag); 2. Pipo Leonardo Gabriel Fernandez (Jag); 3. Jessus Chng (Jag)
GIRLS’
- Under-10 below 25kg: 1. Chew Xue Er (Sel); 2. Marit Lemmens (Jag); 3. Lam Yuen Si (Sel)
- Under-10 above 36kg: Lee Jing Hwa (Sel) bt Choi Jing Yuet (FT) 10-0
- Under-12 above 48kg: 1. Surekhalaranya Mohan (Sel); 2. Liew Jia Qi (Sel); 3. Angeline Choi E-Ann (Sel)
- Under-14 below 44kg: 1. Tan Jie Xi (Sel); 2. Low Er Shu (Sel); 3. Nor Johanna Nor Rhyland (Sel)
- Under-16 below 48kg: 1. Chew Yen Peng (Sel); 2. Kathleen Chin Yee Ling (Sel); 3. Nurul Ain Jalal (Jag)
- Under-16 below 57kg: 1. Kong Sook Yin (Sel); 2. Cassiopeia Lim (Jag); 3. Teo Karshing (Jag)
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